I have 23 done in the winter and one, Marcy done as the state high point in non-winter. I don't think I will be doing the high peaks in non-winter. Can I still get a 46er patch when I finish my winter peaks or do I only get a winter rocker?

We should try to get together for a sled hike this winter. I've been doing sled descents for some time, and while I don't aspire to sled down all of the 46 peaks, I have compiled a short list of my favorite sled descents. Big Slide was one of my favorites. I've also gone down Nippletop (quite good from the summit to Elk Pass), Giant, Phelps, Sawteeth, and a few others I think.

Although they're not among the 46 (or even close for that matter), Hadley & Prospect are two of my favorite sled descents. I live in South Glens Falls so these are short drives, another big plus. Hadley is a great beginner sled hike and you can go a solid mile without having to get out of your sled. This is good to know in case you are trying to recruit others to your cause. Prospect is one of the best sled runs of all time (in my opinion anyway), continuously steep with some good turns thrown in here and there. The other nice thing about these two hikes is that you get a good sled time to hike time ration (unlike Allen for example).

I'm slowly building up my skills for a sled down the Trap Dike if you're game.

John

PS The Trap Dike was a joke, just in case the drunk smiley didn't give it away.

When I do finish, I値l be in the 46* group, because I致e already climbed MacNaughton.

Anything good to say about MacNaughton? I have yet to hear a hiker rave about the climb or views. Hasn't kept us from keeping a few of the less favorite of the 46 (not that we have a choice), but it won't draw me to climb it either...

Anything good to say about MacNaughton? I have yet to hear a hiker rave about the climb or views. Hasn't kept us from keeping a few of the less favorite of the 46 (not that we have a choice), but it won't draw me to climb it either...

I climbed MacNaughton from the Wallface Ponds side. The trail to the ponds is a muddy mess almost as bad as the Bradley Pond trail from the Santanoni Range herd path to the lean-to. The bushwhack part was a very steep climb (over 800 feet in less than .5 mile) straight up the side of the mountain through some thick spruce with a lot of small ledges. I did find a rock outcrop with a nice view toward the Santanoni Range, but didn't have time to look for more views. Maybe I'll find more if I go back.

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I climbed MacNaughton from the Wallface Ponds side. The trail to the ponds is a muddy mess almost as bad as the Bradley Pond trail from the Santanoni Range herd path to the lean-to. The bushwhack part was a very steep climb (over 800 feet in less than .5 mile) straight up the side of the mountain through some thick spruce with a lot of small ledges. I did find a rock outcrop with a nice view toward the Santanoni Range, but didn't have time to look for more views. Maybe I'll find more if I go back.

How long ago was that? I've heard there's a herd path now... although the reports I've read say it's still a bit thick in places.

How long ago was that? I've heard there's a herd path now... although the reports I've read say it's still a bit thick in places.

I climbed it two years ago. I had heard that there was a herd path too, which was why I went up from that side. The only path I found was one that went around the pond and ended in a swamp and there was a path along the summit ridge. I found nothing else in between. This may have changed over the past two years.

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Thanks Dick, did some scrounging around (following links from that thread) and found that the herd path is about half a mile past Hunter Pond heading towards Duck Hole. You can clearly see the drainage on the latest WGS84 topo. It actually doesn't sound too bad, so maybe someday I will actually climb it.

I've climbed MacNaughton 3 times, all from the Upper Works/Hunter Pond side. It's a nice, fairly easy hike, reminds me a lot of Marshall via Herbert Brook, with a lot of rock slabs in the brook to walk on. The herd path above the brook is fairly obvious, although it didn't seem much more obvious from 1990 to 1999. Not much of a view, but here's a pic from the summit

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